Host Bus Adapters

Streamlined installation and management, unrivaled scalability and industry-leading virtualization support make the ThinkServer Host Bus Adapters an ideal solution for enterprise, mixed-operating system (OS) and virtual server environments. With powerful management capabilities and broad platform support, they deliver maximum performance in the broadest range of applications and environments.- PCIe 2.0 bus-compliant, with PCIe 1.0 backward compatibility supported - Support for Message Signaled Interrupts eXtended (MSI-X), improves host utilization & enhances application performance - Support for 8Gb/s, 4Gb/s and 2Gb/s Fibre Channel devices - Comprehensive virtualization capabilities with support for N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) and Virtual Fabric - Host-to-Fabric FC-SP authentication - End-to-end data integrity - Easy deployment of new firmware with minimal server reboots - Provides superior performance for the enterprise - Integrates seamlessly into existing SANs - Supports IT server consolidation and energy conservation initiatives - Allows application of SAN best practices, tools and processes with virtual server deployments - Assures data availability and data integrity - Improves IT staff productivity through simplified deployment and management

The Emulex 16 Gb Generation 6 Fibre Channel (FC) host bus adapters (HBAs) are an ideal solution when requiring high-speed data transfer in storage connectivity for virtualized environments, data backup, and mission-critical applications.

This product guide describes the Emulex HBAs and provides essential pre-sales information to understand the products, their key features and specifications, and compatibility. This guide is intended for technical specialists, sales specialists, sales engineers, and IT architects who want to learn more about the adapters and consider their use in IT solutions.

The Emulex 16 Gb Generation 6 Fibre Channel (FC) host bus adapters (HBAs) are an ideal solution when requiring high-speed data transfer in storage connectivity for virtualized environments, data backup, and mission-critical applications.

This product guide describes the Emulex HBAs and provides essential pre-sales information to understand the products, their key features and specifications, and compatibility. This guide is intended for technical specialists, sales specialists, sales engineers, and IT architects who want to learn more about the adapters and consider their use in IT solutions.

The CN4054S and CN4052S are based on the new Emulex XE100-P2 "Skyhawk P2" ASIC which enables better performance, especially with the new RDMA over Converged Ethernet v2 (RoCE v2) support. In addition, these adapters are supported by Lenovo XClarity Administrator, which allows you to deploy adapter settings easier and incorporate the adapters in configuration patterns.

The CN4052S adapter now supports 8 vNICs per port using UFP or vNIC2 and with adapter firmware 10.6. This means a total of 16 vNICs are supported. The CN4054S still supports 4 vNICs per port.

The QLogic Enhanced Generation 5 (Gen 5) 16 Gb Fibre Channel (FC) Single and Dual-port Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) for Lenovo ThinkSystem and System x servers offer industry leading native FC performance with extremely low CPU usage with full hardware offloads.

Enhanced Gen 5 FC technology provides advanced storage networking features capable of supporting the most demanding virtualized and private cloud environments, while fully leveraging the capabilities of high-performance 16 Gb FC (16GFC) and all-flash arrays (AFAs). Powerful management tools automate and simplify SAN provisioning to help reduce cost and complexity, while the unmatched 16 Gbps performance eliminates potential I/O bottlenecks in today's powerful multiprocessor, multicore servers.